Sure, but lets make things fair. There are just as many if not more parts susceptible to breakage with an engine that has 2 more cylinders is my point.

 

Getting back to the OP's proposition, let me suggest another way to look at it. Open the hood of just about any 10 or 15 year old truck. Now, count the number of parts in there. Oh, and you could probably stand beside the engine whilst tuning it up because there was so much room in there.

Now, open the hood of just about any new vehicle. Count the parts in there. The number is most certainly larger - significantly larger in fact. And if you know anything at all about product design and manufacturing, you'll know that increasing the number of parts just increases the likelihood of something going wrong. Oh, and just try to drop a dime anywhere under the hood of an Ecoboost powered truck and see if it ends up on the ground.

Personally, I think Ford has done an admirable job with the design and manufacturing of the new Ecoboost family, but I kind of doubt you're going to find too many shade tree mechanics being able to economically work on one 15 years from now. So I agree with the OP.

 

That's what they said about fuel injected cars in the 80's. There still seems to be plenty of shade tree mechanics around.

 

Yup, and I get to fix their mistakes every day.

 

Which is why they are shade tree mechanics, not ASE certified mechanics.

 

fixed it for ya